People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life.

You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.

I always choose songs that I have an emotional connection to, and I often feel myself getting very emotional when I sing.

If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off... She'll cut me down to size!

If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work, whatever the situation.

In Heaven, I believe my dad is somewhere doing something nice. I feel I've been too lucky to travel this far without somebody guiding me.

I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, as I am in front of a few hundred in a small concert hall.